GREAT LONGSTONE chapelry includes GREAT LONGSTONE with HOLME
township, also LITTLE LONGSTONE, ROWLAND and part of WARDLOW townships,
out of the parish of Bakewell, in the Western division of the county,
hundred of High Peak, Bakewell union, petty sessional division and
county court district, rural deanery of Bakewell, archdeaconry of
Derby and diocese of Southwell. The village consists of one long street
on high ground, sheltered by a range of hills, called "Longstone
Edge," and has a station on the Ambergate and Manchester section
of the Midland railway, 154 miles from London, 3 north-west from Bakewell
and 12 west from Chesterfield. The water supply is derived from springs.
The church of St. Giles consists of a chancel, clerestoried nave with
arcades of six narrow arches on octagonal pillars, aisles, south porch,
organ chamber, vestry and a battlemented western tower with pinnacles
containing a clock and 5 modern bells, the gift of G. T. Wright esq.
: the earliest portions of the structure date from the middle of the
13th century: in the following century considerable alterations were
made, and to this period must be assigned the Decorated arcades, the
south porch and priest's door: the chancel windows are Perpendicular,
but the east
window has been mostly renewed : the fine roofs of the chancel, nave
and aisles are also Perpendicular work, wrought with extreme care,
and have embattled cornices and carved bosses at the intersections,
some being of eccentric design and others bearing various heraldic
shields: the clerestory windows seem to be even later and to belong
to the 17th century and the tower also exhibits in various parts the
effect of debased treatment: the chancel retains a small piscina in
the south wall and an almery on the opposite side, and there is another
piscina in the south aisle : the east window, formerly a memorial
to the Eyres of Hassop, has been refilled with stained glass by Mrs.
Bullivant to members of the Wright family, and there are eight other
stained windows : the east end of the south aisle is inclosed by a
screen of old oak, with the Eyre crest over the entrance; within,
attached to a slab of black marble against the wall, is a plate of
copper, finely engraved with the figures of a man and woman kneeling
face to face at desks; below is a shield with the Eyre crest and a
long Latin inscription to Rowland Eyre esq. of Hassop, ob.
1634, and Gertrude (Stafford), his wife: built into the west wall
of the vestry is an effectively-carved Latin cross, supposed to have
been formerly on the
gable of the chancel: the church was restored in 1873, when a vestry
was added, an organ chamber built and an organ introduced, the total
cost being about £2,800: there are 300 sittings: south of the
chancel stands the old churchyard cross, consisting of a tapering
octagonal shaft, 6 feet high, rising from a wide base on three square
steps ; the head alone is wanting. The register dates from the year
1638 and is in good preservation, with the exception of several pages
rendered illegible by damp. The living is a vicarage, average yearly
value of tithe rent-charge £38, net income £181, including
100 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Bakewell,
and held since 1887 by the Rev. John Henry Bullivant, of St. Bees.
There is a Wesleyan chapel at Great Longstone and a Congregational
chapel at Little Longstone. The interest of £50 is distributed
yearly amongst the poor of the township; a dole of meal to the value
of about £7 is annually given to the poor of Longstone and Holme
by the Duke of Devonshire ; and clothing for six aged persons (three
men and three women) is provided by Wright's charity. Longstone Hall,
the seat of the Rev. John Henry Bullivant (in right of his wife),
is an ancient mansion at the west end of the village. Burre House,
the residence of Mrs. Ewings, and Holme Hall, of Benjamin Armitage,
jun. esq. are each a quarter of a mile north from the town of Bakewell.
The Duke of Devonshire K.G. is lord of the manor and chief landowner.
The soil is limestone; subsoil, stone beds. The crops are chiefly
pasturage and roots. The township of Great Longstone with Holme contained
in 1881 a population of 487 and the parish 639 ; the area of the township
of Great Longstone is 3,028 acres ; rateable value. £6,871.

Sexton, Thomas Eyre.

Rowland is a township, with an acreage of 303; rateable value,
£800 ; the population in 1881 was 68.

Little Longstone, at the foot of a bold range of hills, is
3¼ miles north-west from Bakewell and half a mile from Great
Longstone. The land is chiefly grazing, upon the limestone formation.
The river Wye flows on the west through the valley of MONSAL DALE,
a fine view of which is obtained from HEADSTONE HEAD, in Ashford township,
from which a good road leads through the dale to Cressbrook and Litton.
At MONSAL DALE is a station on the Ambergate and Manchester section
of the Midland railway. The area is 1,016 acres of land and 22 of
water; rateable value, £3,450; the population in 1881 was 152.

POST OFFICE, Great Longstone.-Mrs. Sarah Lowe, receiver. Letters received
from Bakewell at 8.30 a.m. ; sundays 9 a.m.; dispatched at 6 p.m.;
sundays 11.30a.m. Ashford is the nearest money order office. The telegraph
office is at the railway station. Postal orders are issued here, but
not paid

WALL BOX, Bakewell Union, cleared 9.40 a.m. & 5.15 p.m

National School (mixed & infants), built by subscription in 1862,
at a cost of £450 & enlarged in 1876, for 70 boys &
girls & 40 infants ; average attendance, 43 boys & girls &
26 infants, 14 acres of land, now producing £10 yearly, being
assigned for the support of a master; there is also a bequest of £5
5s. yearly left by Wm. Wright in 1656, now paid to the master for
teaching 8 poor children; Hy. Arthur Spanton A.C.P. master; Mrs. Sarah
Parkin, infants' mistress